this was a email someone sent me, it made me wonder
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy
liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the
doors?
If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?
If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment,but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
If a black box in a plane is indestructible, why can't they make the whole plane out of it?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?
Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?
Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?
If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
Why call it a building if it's already been built?
Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?
When you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
Do blind Eskimos heave seeing-eye sled dogs?
How come wrong numbers are never busy?
Why call it "take" a dump, when you leave something behind?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Why do we call it a hot water heater if the water is already hot?
If you throw a cat out a car window does it become kitty litter?
If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?
If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Is the color orange called that because it's the color of the fruit of the same name, or was the fruit called orange because that's its color? Which camefirst, the color or the fruit?
After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water?
How can there be self-help "groups"?
If a mute swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Why is a pear called a pear when there is only one?
What do they pack Styrofoam in?
Why did God give men nipples?
Is grass really greener on the other side?
Why do you women wear a pair of panties and only one bra?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Why is it called a "near miss" when you don't hit something?
When sign makers go on strike, is there anything written on their signs?
Before the light bulb was invented, what appeared over peoples heads when they had an idea?
If you spin an Oriental person around and around, does he become disorientated?
If a vegetable goes into a coma, is it called a person?
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
If you wear an antenna to a wedding, would the reception be better?
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
If you put a chameleon in a mirrored box what color would it change to?
Why do people point to their wrist when they want to know the time? Do I point to my crotch when I want to know where the bathroom is?
If you were scared half to death twice, would you be 3/4 dead or 100% dead?
If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest end up drowning as well?
What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
If you asked a librarian where the books on self help were would they tell you, or would that defeat the purpose?
If ATM stands for Automatic Teller Machine, why do we call it an ATM machine?
And if PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, why do we call it a PIN number?